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Western Hospital Emergency Department and Collaborative Emergency Centre
2019-08-08
Emergency Department and Collaborative Emergency Centre at Western Hospital in Alberton will be closed Friday at 8 a.m. due to a temporary lack of physician coverage. The Emergency Department will re-open as scheduled Saturday at 8 a.m. and the Collaborative Emergency Centre will re-open Saturday...
Western Hospital Collaborative Emergency Centre
2019-08-02
Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC) at Western Hospital in Alberton will be closed today (Friday), Saturday, and Sunday, August 2-4, inclusive due to a temporary lack of nursing coverage. The Emergency Department will open as scheduled tomorrow morning (Saturday) at 8 a.m. and the Collaborative...
Palliative care training improves care for Islanders
2019-07-29
A total of 141 health care professionals from across Prince Edward Island have received training in palliative care increasing their ability to provide better care and support to Islanders and their families. Health care providers took part in two days of training on Learning Essential Approaches...
PEI on track to be first province to eliminate hepatitis C
2019-07-26
By making treatment easily available to the approximately 1,000 Islanders suffering from hepatitis C, Prince Edward Island is on track to be the first province in Canada to eliminate the hepatitis C virus (HCV) among its population. To reach its goal to eliminate HCV by 2025, five years ahead of...
New Riverview Manor opens in Montague
2019-06-28
Residents, family and staff celebrated the grand opening of the new Riverview Manor in Montague today. The new home includes 48 private long-term care rooms grouped into small households with bright, spacious common areas for meals, entertainment and games. Large windows and open hallways have...
Activity improves health, even in hospital
2019-05-30
We all know that exercise and activity are important for good health and healing. That’s why a new program is being used to help bring the benefits of working-out to Island residents during their stay in hospital. As part of a senior-friendly hospital approach being piloted on Unit 3 at the Queen...
A renewed life made possible through organ donation
2019-05-28
Debbie Keough-Croken will never meet the woman who saved her life. But she’s encouraging others to follow that woman’s example by making a commitment to being an organ donor. “She was a health-care worker in her twenties; I think maybe that work made her think about being an organ donor. She...
Public asked to submit ticks to help with health study
2019-05-24
Health PEI is asking members of the public to submit samples of biting ticks for a study tracking the human risk of tick-borne illness on Prince Edward Island. Dr. Greg German, Health PEI medical microbiologist, said the laboratory he works at receives about 80 ticks a year from family and...
Collaborative Emergency Centre at Western Hospital closed tonight
2019-05-16
The Collaborative Emergency Centre (CEC) at Western Hospital in Alberton will be closed tonight due to the temporary unavailability of nursing coverage. The Emergency Department will open as scheduled tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. If you have any health concerns or need immediate health information...
KCMH emergency department, out-patient services to re-open at 1 p.m. today
2019-04-03
The Kings County Memorial Hospital emergency department, laboratory, diagnostic imaging and ambulatory care services will re-open at 1 p.m. today. Health PEI and hospital administration express their sincere appreciation to staff, physicians and others for their quick response and efforts to...